Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Media Matters Daily Summary 10-13-10

Fox & Friends falsely suggests Obama refuses to secure border
Fox & Friends hosted Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and agreed with his false suggestion that President Obama has not worked to secure the border with Mexico. In fact, the Obama administration has taken numerous actions to increase border security. Read More

Campaign Fox targets Barney Frank
Over the past few months, Fox News has engaged in an all-out campaign against Rep. Barney Frank through insults, falsehoods, and continuous promotion of his opponent, Sean Bielat. Read More

Rove deflects criticism of his anonymous donors with torrent of misleading claims
In an attempt to defend against criticism that conservative political groups have put out millions of dollars worth of GOP attack ads from undisclosed donors, Karl Rove has embarked on a media blitz, attempting to create a smokescreen of false and irrelevant claims about liberal groups' campaign funds. Read More

Pushing absurd anti-colonialist theory, Limbaugh claims Obama wants a nuclear Iran
Rush Limbaugh absurdly claimed that President Obama believes Iran should have a nuclear weapon because "that's fair." In fact, Obama and his administration have called Iranian nuclear activity a "threat" and demanded that they adhere to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Read More

Serial health care misinformer McCaughey now misleading about stimulus
Betsy McCaughey -- best known for repeatedly misleading about health care reform -- made numerous false or misleading claims in order to attack the effectiveness of the stimulus bill. Read More

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